Get a process instance

GET

/v2/process-instances/{processInstanceKey}

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("http://localhost:8080/v2/process-instances/2251799813685249"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
    .method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

const url = 'http://localhost:8080/v2/process-instances/2251799813685249';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

curl --request GET \
  --url http://localhost:8080/v2/process-instances/2251799813685249 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

Available inEmbeddedBundledCluster

AuthAuthenticated Bearer token or console session · requires history:read

Reads one process instance from the history projection.

Authorizations

bearerAuth
sessionCookie

Parameters

Path Parameters

processInstanceKey

required

Positive signed 64-bit entity key, written as a decimal string.

string

/^[1-9][0-9]*$/

Header Parameters

x-tenant-id

string

>= 1 characters

Tenant selection. A principal bound to one tenant may omit it; if sent, it must equal that tenant (403 otherwise). A principal that may act in several tenants must send it on every request: without it the request is refused with 400, and a tenant it may not act in is refused with 403.

Responses

200

The process instance.

application/json

object

processDefinitionId

required

string

processDefinitionName

required

Part of the wire shape. This release always sends null.

null

processDefinitionVersion

required

integer format: int32

processDefinitionVersionTag

required

Part of the wire shape. This release always sends null.

null

startDate

required

An RFC 3339 timestamp.

string format: date-time

endDate

required

Any of:

string
null

An RFC 3339 timestamp.

string format: date-time

state

required

An instance with an open incident is ACTIVE with hasIncident set.

string

Allowed values: ACTIVE COMPLETED TERMINATED

suspendedDate

required

Part of the wire shape. This release always sends null.

null

hasIncident

required

boolean

tenantId

required

string

processInstanceKey

required

Positive signed 64-bit entity key, written as a decimal string.

string

/^[1-9][0-9]*$/

processDefinitionKey

required

Positive signed 64-bit entity key, written as a decimal string.

string

/^[1-9][0-9]*$/

parentProcessInstanceKey

required

Part of the wire shape. This release always sends null.

null

parentElementInstanceKey

required

Part of the wire shape. This release always sends null.

null

rootProcessInstanceKey

required

Part of the wire shape. This release always sends null.

null

tags

required

The tags the process instance was created with.

Array<string>

<= 10 items

businessId

required

Part of the wire shape. This release always sends null.

null

Example

{
  "state": "ACTIVE",
  "processInstanceKey": "2251799813685249",
  "processDefinitionKey": "2251799813685249"
}

400

The request is malformed, or it uses a property or filter this release does not support.

application/problem+json

An RFC 9457 problem document. type is a stable TinyConductor URN.

object

type

required

string

/^urn:bpm:error:/

title

required

string

status

required

integer

>= 400 <= 599

detail

required

string

instance

required

The request path.

string

mode

Present only on mode-not-supported. It names the engine’s mode.

string

Example

{
  "type": "urn:bpm:error:invalid-argument",
  "title": "Bad Request",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "entity key must be a positive int64 string",
  "instance": "/v2/process-instances/0"
}

401

No valid credential was presented.

application/problem+json

An RFC 9457 problem document. type is a stable TinyConductor URN.

object

type

required

string

/^urn:bpm:error:/

title

required

string

status

required

integer

>= 400 <= 599

detail

required

string

instance

required

The request path.

string

mode

Present only on mode-not-supported. It names the engine’s mode.

string

Example

{
  "type": "urn:bpm:error:unauthorized",
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "A valid bearer credential is required",
  "instance": "/v2/process-instances/2251799813685262"
}

Headers

WWW-Authenticate

string

Allowed value: Bearer

403

The caller lacks the required permission, a tenant named in the request is not the caller’s tenant, or a cookie write has no valid CSRF token.

application/problem+json

An RFC 9457 problem document. type is a stable TinyConductor URN.

object

type

required

string

/^urn:bpm:error:/

title

required

string

status

required

integer

>= 400 <= 599

detail

required

string

instance

required

The request path.

string

mode

Present only on mode-not-supported. It names the engine’s mode.

string

Example

{
  "type": "urn:bpm:error:forbidden",
  "title": "Forbidden",
  "status": 403,
  "detail": "The principal lacks the action this route requires",
  "instance": "/v2/process-instances/2251799813685262"
}

404

The entity does not exist in the caller’s tenant.

application/problem+json

An RFC 9457 problem document. type is a stable TinyConductor URN.

object

type

required

string

/^urn:bpm:error:/

title

required

string

status

required

integer

>= 400 <= 599

detail

required

string

instance

required

The request path.

string

mode

Present only on mode-not-supported. It names the engine’s mode.

string

Example

{
  "type": "urn:bpm:error:not-found",
  "title": "Not Found",
  "status": 404,
  "detail": "The requested resource does not exist",
  "instance": "/v2/process-instances/2251799813685262"
}

500

An internal failure. The details are never exposed.

application/problem+json

An RFC 9457 problem document. type is a stable TinyConductor URN.

object

type

required

string

/^urn:bpm:error:/

title

required

string

status

required

integer

>= 400 <= 599

detail

required

string

instance

required

The request path.

string

mode

Present only on mode-not-supported. It names the engine’s mode.

string

Example

{
  "type": "urn:bpm:error:internal",
  "title": "Internal Server Error",
  "status": 500,
  "detail": "The request could not be completed",
  "instance": "/v2/process-instances/2251799813685262"
}

501

The operation is not offered in the engine’s current deployment mode.

application/problem+json

An RFC 9457 problem document. type is a stable TinyConductor URN.

object

type

required

string

/^urn:bpm:error:/

title

required

string

status

required

integer

>= 400 <= 599

detail

required

string

instance

required

The request path.

string

mode

Present only on mode-not-supported. It names the engine’s mode.

string

Example

{
  "type": "urn:bpm:error:mode-not-supported",
  "title": "Mode Not Supported",
  "status": 501,
  "detail": "/v2/clock is not supported in bundled mode: the deterministic virtual clock and the storage-free reset exist only for the Embedded engine; Bundled and Cluster run on the system clock over durable history, which cannot be pinned, rewound or discarded",
  "instance": "/v2/clock",
  "mode": "bundled"
}

503

Backpressure, or a dependency is not ready. Retry with the same idempotency key.

application/problem+json

An RFC 9457 problem document. type is a stable TinyConductor URN.

object

type

required

string

/^urn:bpm:error:/

title

required

string

status

required

integer

>= 400 <= 599

detail

required

string

instance

required

The request path.

string

mode

Present only on mode-not-supported. It names the engine’s mode.

string

Example

{
  "type": "urn:bpm:error:unavailable",
  "title": "Service Unavailable",
  "status": 503,
  "detail": "The required engine service is not ready",
  "instance": "/v2/process-instances/2251799813685262"
}